Valerian A. Frolov

Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov (7 June 1895-6 January 1961) was a Colonel-General of the Soviet Red Army who commanded the Karelian Front from September 1941 to February 1944 during World War II.

Biography
Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov was born on 7 June 1895 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, and he joined the Imperial Russian Army in 1916 during World War I. He joined the Bolshevik Red Army in 1919 during the Russian Civil War, and he would rise to command the Soviet 14th Army at the start of World War II. In September 1941, he was given command of the Karelian Front during the war with Finland, and he commanded the front during the Continuation War against the Finns. From 1945 to 1956, he commanded the Belomorsky Military District and the Arkhangelsk Military District, and he retired in 1956. He died in 1961.